Robert Atwell has had a more than 40-year career in public and private higher education. From 1984-96, he served as President of the American Council on Education, having served as Executive Vice President of ACE from 1978 to 84. He was Vice Chancellor for Administration of the University of Wisconsin, Madison and President of Pitzer College in Claremont, California. He currently serves on the Boards of Education Management Corporation, Argosy University, Western State University College of Law, Eckerd College, and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. He has served as a consultant for many colleges and university and is a consultant to the Association of Governing Boards. Robert holds 17 honorary degrees and in 1998 was named by Change Magazine as one of the 21 outstanding leaders in American higher education. He is widely published, including recent publications on Presidential Compensation, and Institutional Governance, both for the Association of Governing Boards.